Mar 18, 2010
We had an ultrasound. Wanna know more?
Many of you already know I’m pregnant.
And for those of you who have come along with me on my journey over the last couple years know that being pregnant carries a bit more extra baggage than it used to for me, since we lost our second child at full term.
Her name was Felicity.
After Felicity, we had Morrow. He’s an amazing baby—Abraham likes to call him perfect—and, though he filled part of the void left by Felicity, he obviously wasn’t a girl. And that was something I desperately wanted.
A girl.
I knew I couldn’t have Felicity back, but something about having a daughter felt like it would sort of round out my grieving. Not finalize it, but complete it in a way, if that makes any sense.
Well, we went in for our first ultrasound yesterday morning. Both Abraham and I were very nervous. I wanted a girl so bad that I didn’t know how I’d react if it was a boy. And then that terrible feeling was compounded by the guilt I felt for feeling that in the first place.
I ought to be happy with any baby! I know that. I know I shouldn’t expect a replica of my lost daughter.
But there’s a part of me that, no matter what, longs to have a girl in my house with me. I want to teach her to knit.
I laid down on the ultrasound table. The technician and the doctor were both in the room. The technician placed the camera doohickey on my belly and immediately said, “Uh-Oh.”
You wanna know what not to say during an ultrasound?
Uh-oh. Don’t freakin’ say uh-oh.
Then the doctor said it, too…
Uh-oh.
Now, in reality these two uh-ohs came about two seconds apart and then were immediately explained. But my heart stopped—along with the world.
The immediate explanation came from the doctor: “We’re looking at two babies.”
…What?!…
Abraham jumped up, yelled “Yeah!” and punched the air. I started laughing.
But we still didn’t know whether they were boys or girls. Fortunately, after about 30 seconds, our doctor said, “Twin A is a girl.”
I about melted.
A few minutes later they confirmed that, yes, Twin B is a girl, too.
I’ve never felt happier.
We’re in shock. We’re having twins. They’re girls.
* * *
From this view, we’re looking down on Twin A’s face from a semi-top view, and we’re looking straight down on Twin B, so you can’t see much except that it’s indeed a whole separate baby!
***Many thanks to my amazingly supportive husband for ghostwriting this post for me. I was seriously on the phone all day yesterday and had no coherent brain space left. (Oh, and I wrote this disclaimer, but Abraham agrees that he’s amazingly supportive.)***
Wow. Immediate tears of joy. Thanks for bringing me along on this journey for you. Weeping with those who weep, and rejoicing with those who rejoice. It’s such a gift. Thank you.
Oh Molly, this is incredible news!!! We are rejoicing with you guys. The Lord is good indeed. He turns our mourning into gladness, and air-punching, jumping, laughter. Thank you for sharing! I can’t wait to meet these daughters of yours.
Yikes.
Debbie always hoped we were having twins.
We’ll pray.
I’ve never commented before, but I’ve been following both your and Abraham’s blog for a while and also praying for you every so often. A few weeks ago I actually prayed that your new baby would be a girl (although I wasn’t quite sure if it’s okay to pray for something like this, ’cause as you say, any baby should be great news, no matter if it’s a boy or a girl – but I figured when you’re praying for someone else, you have more liberty to say what you really wish for for that person…).
Anyway, I don’t even know you two personally, but I am actually crying a bit because I’m so happy for you…!
I saw the news on Abraham’s blog, and am EX-CI-TED for you!
What a baffling, surprising turn of events.
Creative, counter-intuitive, delightful…like Christmas morning!
I pray for God’s protection of JOY and FAITH in your heart (and for your continued will to fight for them); I pray for God’s protection of those tender shoots growing in you.
Jesus’ presence to your family.
(I’d LOVE to see some footage of the boys’ reactions…! :) )
I’m crying tears of joy for your family now! How beautiful!
this is awesome!! congratulations!
I’m crying reading this post! I’m so excited for you guys, Molly! God is abounding in love for you… He answered that deep longing in your heart… TIMES TWO! :)
YAY Molly! What fun! When’s the due date again?
The Lord is so kind! My heart is rejoicing with you!
Followed your journey for a long time, but never posted a comment. Today I had to respond. Congratulations!!! Praying for you and your two blessings.
What incredible news! And although I know that these girls will never replace Felicity in your heart, this is just another way of God displaying his awesome power and love. A happy and healthy pregnancy for you and the twins!
Wow…SO excited for your family! Continuing to lift you & your family up to the Lord in pray.
Molly, I am sooo incredibly happy for you guys! I’m crying tears of joy for you and all I can say is the Lord is AMAZING!! Take care!!
Oh, MOLLY!! I am crying, crying, crying for you!! Oh my goodness. Praise you, Jesus! Praise you, Jesus! Praise you, Jesus!!
Can you even believe our God?? Oh, I wish I could run up to Minnesota and hug and kiss you right now.
I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!! Love you!!! I’m telling everyone I know!!
And oh! Quick story. My friend Mindy had her first baby just a week after I had mine (9 years ago). He was a couple weeks early. His name was Preston. He died shortly after he was born. Mindy grieved long and hard and didn’t think she could ever bring herself to have another baby.
FOUR YEARS LATER, she got pregnant with NO FERTILITY DRUGS with FOUR BABIES. Her 3 boys and 1 girl are five years old now.
God is UH-MAZING.
molly,
this news has absolutely made my morning. shedding tears of joy for you.
SOOOOO happy for you! So so happy! H
Congrats. Tear-filled eyes this Thursday morning. God is soooo good.
Molly-I read about your news through Marla Taviano, yes there are two Marla’s that know each other! This news is amazing!! I can’t wait to follow your story through your pregnancy!!!! congrats!!!!
YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am grinning from ear to ear…
Wow. Jesus is so good! Molly, I am shocked and filled with joy for you. This is so encouraging to me, a fellow grieving mama. I know He hasn’t written all of our stories the same and mine might not end like this, but it reminds me that He does have an ending for each of us, and it’s far better than we can imagine now. Praise His name! (Not that I’m suggesting this is your ending – I pray that you fill your house with kiddos if you want to ;) )
Wow! Amazing! Congrats to you all! I’m just really happy for you.
OH MY WORD!!! I am thrilled for you two – I will be praying for 2 sets of twins now – what fun!!! OH MY WORD!!
Molly, I have been following your blog since Morrow was born. My daughter and he are only a couple of days apart. I have prayed for you and cried for you and thought of you so often and learned so much from your posts about Felicity. I think I may have only commented once. I am so happy for you! This is such an amazing gift God has given. Congratulations!
~Kim
How amazing! Will be praying for you all:) Sweet girls- how wonderful! He is an amazing God!
I am rejoicing with you today! I have a friend who lost a baby at full term two weeks ago. As I prayed for her the Lord would always bring you to my mind as well and I prayed for you as well. God is so good!
Amazing!! And Wonderful!! …. HOORAY!!!! :)
I wish I wasn’t filled with a sense of depression just remembering my eight miscarriages, which were never mourned properly, the death of my five-year-old, I know I am blessed with another son, and the adoption of a baby girl……
Congratulations times two! What a beautiful double blessing for you both!
WOW! Twice blessed! Many prayers for you thru the rest of your pregnancy. Girls…I can’t imagine! Me and my two boys :)
i’m SO glad you blogged about this. megan told me, but didn’t know when you’d be telling. so i was afraid i was going to have to KEEP IN MY EXCITEMENT!!!! ahhh! what sweetness. i just love how God is always doing something so unexpected.
Congratulations. What wonderful news!
Holy mackerel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Congratulations and praise be to God! What a loving Heavenly Father we have!
What a sweet gift from God, Molly. We are HAPPY with you.
yahoo! wonderful news! also, this made me cry.
Molly,
I have followed your blog since two or three years ago. This morning as I read it I just cried! God is so good! What a loving thing for Him to do. I know nothing could replace Felicity, He is just good with His gifts.
Thanks for the updates! I am excited for you!
Kara
Molly – I’m a BBC church member that you’ve never met…I just had to comment in PRAISE to our BIG BIG God. How totally like Him to give pressed down, shaken together and running over. TWO girls!!! :-) Happy for you. Praying for a safe and joyful delivery of these precious gifts from God.
Molly I am literally freaking out inside right now with glee!! So thrilled for you and Abraham I can barely type this. Isn’t it just like our beautiful and faithful God to more than make up for the losses that we have. We do not know the future, but He does. When we are faithful to just trust him, even in our suffering, loss, confusion and grief, He gives us back more than we could have ever imagined. Praises to The King of Kings from where all good things come. Congrats!!! Will continue to hold you up in prayer.
Hooooooooooray!!!!! Praise Jesus for these two precious lives and the sweet family they get to be apart of!!!!!
Its kinda funny – I don’t even know you, and I’m sitting here crying tears of happiness for you! I’ve been reading your blog on and off for a while, but even as I have a peak into your life (and others whose blogs I read), I know that I don’t actually know you…but at the same time, I could not be happier for you! Congratulations! In the Jewish tradition, when someone is pregnant, we say “b’sha’ah tovah”, which means “may it happen in the right time”. I pray for you that your twins grow healthily inside of you, until it is the right time for them to join us here on the outside!
Shared joy is double joy, shared sorrow is half a sorrow. Praise the Lord for His care of you. Two precious little girls to share your life and losses. God is good!
WOOOOHOOOO! Twin girls! God is so nice, He blessed you twice! I’m so happy for you two. I’m praying for a great pregnancy and delivery of these two angels.
Congratulations! I’m happy for your double blessing of twin girls.
Hi Molly – you don’t know me, but I’ve been following your blog for a long time now. I so appreciate your transparency in letting us (the readers) share your grief and your joy. Tears came to my eyes when I read your news! I am rejoicing with you!
Congrats you guys! Very happy for you!
I’m sitting here with tears streaming down my face. Look what the Lord has done! I’m in awe.
I immediately thought of this -
“Now to Him who is able to do EXCEEDINGLY ABUNDANTLY above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.” Eph 3
Amen! He has done more than I ever could have prayed for you. I praise Him that this generation will have twin Piper girls.
Love you soooooo much!
I also have been following for a while but have never commented but such exciting news made me speak up. What an incredible blessing from the Lord. Praying for protection for those sweet girls and you as well. Congratulations!
I can’t stop crying…I’m so happy for you…HUGS!!!!
Ahhhh…He gives abundantly!!!
SO, SO Happy for you all! Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I don’t know you at all . . . just popped over from Marla’s post on Facebook. Had to comment b/c your post brought tears to my eyes (happy tears). What a blessing! Congratulations. And I may just be a blog follower now too. :)
This is amazing! So happy for you! Congratulations!
Wow Molly and Abraham! and Hallelujah! Tearfully thanking God for your good and perfect gift! And praying for you and your girls too!
Stinkin’ unbelievable! Absolutely wonderful! Doin’ a jig for u in SE Asia!
Wow! So amazing! And I know exactly what you mean about wanting a girl after losing your only daughter and your (husband’s) words explaining it, explained it perfectly!
Oh wow!! thats so awesome! congratulations!
Oh my goodness! Tears are in my eyes. How fun!!!
Wow. Tears sprung to my eyes as soon as I read that! WOW WOW WOW. God is so good! I’m praying super hard for you guys and your beautiful twin girls. :D
Can’t wait to read more updates as they come. :D
Thank you for sharing your exciting news with us!
Have followed your story but have never commented. God knew your heart for a girl and gave you two. WOW! Praying for beautiful baby girls to arrive safely and for you Molly that our Great God will give you His peace during this pregnancy.
AHHHH!!! I cried and smiled this morning when I read this!So excited for you guys and so looking forward to seeing your sweet baby girls! This made my morning. :) Love you guys!
Molly and Abraham! This is about the BEST news I could imagine! We’re praising God with you. Simply amazing. I know it’s more than you could’ve asked or thought. Thank You, Mighty Father!
yay! congrats, guys! this is so amazing, praise God! :) love you!
Wahoo! I’m so happy for you guys! Tears sprung to my eyes too! I’m just so excited for you! I’m pretty sure we’re due around the same time!
WOW!
Congrats Molly & Abraham.
Geez, God is a little, crazy-good-surprising-humorous-wonderful, isn’t He?
Wahoooo!
Wow! Shedding happy tears for you and your family! Congratulations!
That is just like our Jesus.
Oh. He is good.
Oh.
OH MY WORD, MOLLY!!!! I think my mouth literally dropped wide open :) So happy for you guys!!! Praying for all of you guys.
Awesome News! Congrats! We are so happy for you guys!
AHHHHHHH!!!!! God is so good and does good!!! SO thrilled and excited for you guys!!! Praying for you and your sweet baby GIRLS!!!
So excited for you Molly!!! What great news.
it looks like many people prayed for you to have a girl – myself included.
it’s incredible how you guys sharing your story has touched so many “strangers”, bringing this stranger to tears just thinking about your joy.
I have an image of God laughing today, for your joy.
“I have an image of God laughing today, for your joy.”
That’s a great image. Thanks for sharing that :D
Molly,
Crying tears of joy for you, your boys, and your girls…
Praying for all of you!
Rachel
i guess i just wish this was more of a big deal.
;-)
Just reading about Abraham jumping up and shouting “Yeah!” made me ball for joy. What a gift! An extra measure of grace for you two. May your hearts be strengthened and your joy doubled. God is good.
Thanks for letting us use you for your awesome reactionism yesterday. :)
You’re more than welcome. Use the reactionism anytime.
I have to say that when you called your job situation was so front and center in my mind that when you first said “we’re having twins” it was more shock in the “oh boy I hope they’re okay with this” kind of way… but once you said they were both girls then it just became all excitement and joy. Blubbering joy. :-)
Congratulations, Molly and Abraham! God is so kind! I have never met you, but from you sharing your story I get to praise God with you today! I have tears of joy for you!
I am a twin (to an identical sister). I can personally vouch for years of fun ahead for all of you! Those boys will be so proud!
CONGRATS MOLLY!!! They look like identical twins to me :) Did the docs talk to you about fraternal/identical? I’m sure you had much more to discuss. They look like they are in the same sac (maybe separated by a thin membrane – like mine were).
WHAT!!! Oh my goodness!!! I am in awe and shock. Total shock and awe. Indeed the Lord provides abundantly. I love you.
wow! i don’t even KNOW you and i have tears of joy!!! i have followed your blog… i have prayed for you in your grief and now what JOY it is to rejoice with you at this great news!!! TWIN GIRLS!!!! wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! this is indeed EXCITING news!!!!
Oh. my. goodness. I am SO happy for you, Molly. Heartfelt congratulations.
OH WORD!!!!
These are glorious news. I just tweeted it :D God is so amazingly good. So happy for you guys. Even though we don’t know you personally, we rejoice with you from the Dominican Republic.
God bless you and keep you strong.
YAY!!!
CONGRATULATIONS!!! What did Orison say?! I am so happy for you!!
Whoa. This is incredible news. What fun twin girls will be!
As I began to read this post, my heart started beating faster, then I stopped breathing, and now I am crying tears of joy. I cannot express how happy I am for you both. Much love.
Haha, I wish I could have seen yalls faces:) Congrats, congrats, congrats!
I am SOO excited for you!!!!!!! Tears filled my eyes… I’ve been following your blog, cried with you when you lost Felicity…. GOD is ABOUNDING in lovingkindness!! I am crying out of joy for you!!!!
Burst out in tears of joy here!
You have time and time again documented how sweet the Lord is. Thanks for blessing me :).
And best of luck to you with twins. Thankfully you’ll have two awesome brother helpers!
OMG Molly!!! Brian just told me about this a few minutes ago! I had goosebumps head to toe. Incredible. Congratulations to you and “the boys” – now you have family “teams”!!!
P.S. Now you can have your very own knitting group – the 3 of you!
I am OVERJOYED for the both of you! Now I’ll have to pray TWICE as hard! GLORIOUS news!!!!
Oh my word, Molly. I just about freaked out and started crying for you here at work. I am so, SO happy for you guys. God is so good. I can’t even take it. I will be praying so much for you guys and I hope that everything goes well for you. I just can’t believe this. It’s too good to be true! :) Love you guys!
“”HE FILLETH THE HUNGRY WITH GOOD THINGS” (not thing, but plural — TWINS)!!
I’m so EXCITED and HAPPY for you!!!! Praise God!!! This is one of the best announcements in the whole world!!!
YES!!!! So excited and joyful for you!
:D
Molly, Abraham, Orison and Morrow – I am praising God for this sweet, precious gift of TWO, let’s type it again, TWO baby GIRLS. My eyes are filled with tears of joy! Pink baby blankets for you to knit, times two!
Wow. Praise God. Now I must go find the Kleenex.
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!!!!!!!
Una doble porcion de felicidad and so many cute dresses.
Rejoice! (Said with a squeal!)
I remember when our daughter called to tell us her ultrasound showed twins! I had a near same reaction as Abraham.
Those twins (boy and girl aged 5, now) have truly been double blessings!!!
http://tulipthicket.blogspot.com/2010/01/happy-4th-birthday-to-twins.html
Like many others. I wept tears of joy for you. I know you don’t know me, but our hearts our knit together by our amazing Savior. Praying for your family as your prepare for these little blessings. Thank you for speaking so candidly about your grief experiences. It is comforting to so many. This post made my day, thank you so much.
WOW! What a fantastic surprise! My heart is leaping with joy for your family!
I’ve been recently dealing with a unreasonable, consuming fear of miscarriages and not being able to conceive at all(we’re not even trying yet!!) but your blog has been SO encouraging to me.
This seriously made me cry for joy. Thank you for sharing.
I am coming out of lurkdom… Wow! Congratulations! What a double blessing! Tears came to my eyes when I read this, I am so very happy for you and your growing family!
Julie A.
AMAZING! It’s like a dream! So happy for you guys!!
Congratulations!! Though I don’t know you personally, as a sister in Jesus, my heart is full for you and your precious family. Praying for a blissful pregnancy for you sweet Molly.
Praising God for your story and for your three girls. It reminds me how good God is.
Oh Molly, that brought tears to my eyes! Congratulations and many blessings to you all.
That is so wonderful, made my eyes water. I am so thrilled!
Wow! Congrats.
And to the One who takes away and gives abundantly – the thanks.
Congratulations, how wonderful. :)
molly, i’m crying!!! i’m so very happy for you all. wowowoow.
much love, old friend.
I’m sure it might be considered a little silly to shed tears for folks you’ve never met and won’t likely meet this side of heaven . . . but that’s exactly what I’m doing! I’m so grateful to God for His goodness and mercy towards you in the sweet package of these TWO little GIRLS! :)
Molly (and Abraham!)…SO happy for you both! Tears of joy… We are 9 weeks away from our first boy, Lord willing, so I am especially mindful of the babies in your tummy. How good God is! We’ll be praying!
tears of joy for you! amazing!
Molly and Abraham-
I am crying as I read your post. I don’t know you well but feel so blessed by your reaching out to us and inviting us to stay in your home that I feel knit to you :). I am so happy for you. What a good reminder that God is a God who loves to bless above and beyond what we can imagine! He is one who takes away, but also who gives so abundantly. Praying for your strength and energy and health for all.
MOLLY! There are tears in my eyes as I think of God’s goodness to you! The Lord takes away…AND he gives back in doubles what was lost. Not that these girls can replace Felicity…but oh my goodness! TWO girls?!
I am thinking of Job…the end of the book, where God restores twice what was lost to Job, after a season of darkness and trials.
So happy for you –all of you!
Tears for you. God’s mercy leaves me speechless. Your table in heaven will have these, and Felicity, too – what a day that will be!
“The clouds you so much dread
Are big with mercy and shall break
In blessings on your head.”
Wm. Cowper
Love you! And so glad with you.
that’s TOTALLY AWESOME!!
i follow both your blog and Abraham’s too & just wanted to say that your lives display the splendor of the Lord. For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forver. Amen!
Some chick I know just left this incredibly insane, excited, crazy voice mail for you. I mean, I don’t know who she is or anything. But dude! OH MY WORD! I am SO EXCITED I CANNOT EVEN THINK STRAIGHT! THIS IS SO FREAKING AWESOME!!!!! YES YES YES YES YES!!!! And also, you know, if you have questions about raising twins, I’m your man. Or woman. Or mom of twins. OH MY WORD! I AM HYPERVENTILATING!!!!!
Wow! That is soo awesome. I know you don’t know who I am, but I wanted you to know that it is so encouraging, as a Christian, reading about your life, and this post is just an encouragement to the faithfulness of God.
Molly- I don’t know you but I was introduced to your blog recently. After having read your past entries about Felicity and everything….i was so happy to read this i almost teared. Congratulations, Molly and Abraham and Orison and Morrow!
I am so happy for you, Abraham and your boys (& girls!)
What a joy!
i am crying with joy for you guys. congratulations!
Congratulations! I’m a twin and I’m so grateful God gave me a twin sister!
That makes my day! We’re in the adoption process (fost/adopt) with twins (boy/girl). So excited for you!!! God’s plans are so amazing and beautiful.
Congratulations! We are so happy for y’all *grin*
Hi, you don’t know me, but I found your blog by way of Rob Gasaway’s blog. We used to go to church with them until they moved away. I was moved to hear of the great blessing you and your family have received.
God wants us to have life and have it abundantly as evidenced by His gift to you of two girls. Nothing will ever take take the place of Felicity but this is an amazing gift. May your lives be blessed as you raise your children! God bless!
they can marry the mathis boys!! :)
WOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!! Smiling from ear to ear and REJOICING and JUMPING up and down!!!!!!!! SOOOOOOOOOO excited for you guys!!!!!!!!!!! That is ABSOLUTELY AMAZING! AMAZING!!!! HUGS to you!!!!
I recently found your blog and have been following along. I am rejoicing over your news! Congratulations! I am praising the Lord for His double portion of blessings for your family :-)
What a true wonderful blessing for you all! I am so happy to hear this wonderful news. I do have a wonderful twins nieces, and I do love them.
May the Lord Bless You always!
Hungry to eat His Word,
‘Guerite ~ BoldLion
If this were a movie, I would probably say what a cheesy-never-would-happen-in-real-life turn of events. But alas, it is so real and the story book is all yours! Truly amazing! So happy for your family! So happy for your double portion!
Kari P.
Congrats! I’ve got twin boys and it’s a hoot. I had my girls later, and they are SO DIFFERENT. But wonderful. Praying safety for all of you!!
Tears of joy for you here, too. God is so good – He restores our souls.
Oh Molly! (I am a longtime lurker and first-time commenter) I have been following your and Abraham’s blogs and am sitting here at work tearing up at your news!!!!
A friend and I have been working on the Suffering and the Sovereignty of God Study Guide. She’s really struggling with how God could have been merciful in taking everything away from Job – she was especially concerned about God taking Job’s children. I, being young, single and childless, fumbled over my theory that God was merciful in rewarding Job with even more children. “But I don’t think you understand,” she told me, “that more children doesn’t replace the children you lost.” I had given her the wrong impression – oops! So I clarified that I thought that God was merciful because in blessing him twice over, He was recognizing Job’s pain and acknowledged his sufferings (rather than just patting Job on the back and thanking him for being a good pawn in a bizarre chess game with Satan). No, the rewards didn’t replace what was lost, but were a testimony to God’s merciful, gracious and giving nature.
So hearing your news was a wonderful, wonderful reminder that our God is also Job’s God – He may give and take away and we may be left confused and in pain, but He never forgets us. So excited for your not one, but TWO little girls and the amazing testimony they bear!!!! Thanks for letting us share in your joy and your journey! You are loved!
I don’t know that I’ve commented on here before, but I follow you on Twitter/know the Burdeauxs…seriously, this is AWESOME. :) God is so good to us. Praying for you and the girls!
Congratulations from parents of two boys who would also love to have a little girl in our home (albeit our experience has not been the same as yours). That’s exceptional news!
Jenna called me yesterday just to tell me this and to illicit a squaeal from me :) Which, she got. A squeal and lots of stammering and giggling. And to hear you write it out like that just makes me squeal some more.
My biggest reaction is GO GOD!!! Just amazing.
Wow. All I can say is wow. I am in shock and amazement at how faithful, and incredible our BIG God is. He knows so much, and knew this day before it came. What a blessing, that you two have learned to appreciate much more than many others may be able to. And that appreciation of the blessing, is a blessing in itself. Congrats! I feel like I’M the one that just heard the good news.
I laugh a cheerful laughter, as I’m sure God is DELIGHTED to bestow the gift of two little ladies into your home.
I know I already told you yesterday that I stripped down naked and went streaking through the neighborhood because I was SO excited, but I was wondering if it would be inappropriate for you to actually post the video footage of me doing this said “streaking” on your blog? Have I said too much?
That is wonderful news for all of you. So glad you shared it with all of us on your blog! Rejoice with those who rejoice!!
This is SO exciting!! I got a bit choked up reading this! Congratulations! Praising the Lord with you both!
Oh what a good God we serve!! This has made my morning! Thank you for sharing your life. I stumbled onto your blog two or three months ago and cried reading your story and thought what I’m sure so many others have, “I can’t imagine”. A little over a month ago I lost my baby girl, she was 10 1/2 months old. I am so new in the grieving process, but SO MUCH of what you have shared has resonated with me. Even though our stories are different, so much is also the same. I have a son who is 2 1/2, my precious girl was our second child too. I have fears of never having another girl, I LOVED having a little girl. You will love it too!
Many blessings to you and your family! Two girls what a gift! This is what I am praying for also, more girls! Not to replace my sweet Elyse, but to complete our family and bring restoratiion.
Thank you for sharing, this has brought huge tears and smiles to my face this morning. Thank you Jesus!
How absolutely wonderful!
I just read this to the kids and they are as excited as I am! Yeah! Wahooo! I can’t wait to go tiny newborn girl shopping! And little tiny pink hangers, and tights and knitted dresses and bows and pink intil the men in your house think they can’t take anymore and then a little more pink please! How about a baby shower May 1? I will be in town all by myself!
WOOO-HOOO!
This is so fun Molly! So happy for you guys!
I do not even know you, but feel like I do a bit since I have been reading your blog for almost 2 years now. I have tears in my eyes! I am so incredibly happy for you and your family!
Congratulations! What a gift!!
Wow! Wow! Wow! SO very happy for you guys! What a gift!
I have been lurking here for a few months, praying for you. I rejoice with you and praise our AWESOME GOD! I have learned that He is always AWESOME! Whether He says “Yes” or “No”. I am glad He said “YES! YES!” to you.
Rejoicing with you — what a precious, kind and wonderful gift from God!
I read this to my 16yr old daughter and we both praised the Lord, giggled and wept for joy for you. God is soooooooo amazing! Double congratulations!
I’ve been TTC for 4yrs now and wasn’t offended by your thoughts/feelings. I totally understand. The attitude of your heart is what comes through and that’s what counts. Thank you for your honesty and openness Molly.
~traci and kayla :D
Too fun!!!!!!Rejoicing with tears of joy with you.
That’s just wonderful news. Thank you for sharing that with us, your readers. Yes, life is a miracle, and it is a powerful God who makes it happen. I’m very happy for you and Abraham and will keep your family in my prayers. Blessings to you.
this made my spine tingle :)
congratulations!
I’ve been so moved by your story and your amazing faith! Congratulations on this most amazing blessing!
This is such good news. I am so happy for you both. Elias hasn’t replaced Owen, but having a boy has been so precious. I’m glad you get to do all the fun girly stuff you dreamed about with Felicity.
I saw this while at the OB office this morning & couldn’t have the reaction I WANTED to have! I’m seriously on cloud 9 with you. So, so wonderful. We’re doing a major happy dance today! Girls all around!!!
SHUT UP!!!!!!!!! That’s Amazing!!!! yeah!! WOW! Gosh, all these things are coming to mind. I’m really REALLY happy for you. Keep us posted.
Love you so much.
Rejoicing with you and the two precious blessings that God has given you!!! I am still praying for a girl, but I am excited to welcome our third boy next month. I am looking forward to meeting our baby girl in heaven one day.
Such wonderful, happy news!!!
That is AWESOME! I already had 2 girls when I found out that I was pregnant with twins…I wanted at least 1 boy and got TWIN BOYS! God IS good :)Praying for a wonderful pregnancy!
Amazing! God is soooo good! Congratulations! Twins are wonderful, I have twin boys age 18 months :)
He is indeed the God who answers above what we could ask or think! Two beautiful girls…wow!!! Your household is indeed greatly blessed, and I am rejoicing greatly with you!
I have NEVER read a blog post that made me happier, or cry harder! I just can’t believe it! WOW! Praise GOD!!!
WOW! Tears of joy at this news. I am so excited for you and your family :-) Praise be to the Lord!
Congrats!!! Twins are amazing. I’m a triplet and although I feel for my poor mother, there is just something about multiples that are so wonderful! I don’t know you personally (I go to BB) but I am rejoicing with you! Been following this story through John Piper and a big smile came on my face today when I read this. So so happy for you guys!
I have heard the story probably a dozen times since yesterday, twice from you, and now reading it I’m crying AGAIN! This is truly unbelievable. I am so happy for you, Molly and Abraham!
This is wonderful news. So happy for you!
So, so, so thankful on your behalf!!! I have never met you or your husband (although I’ve met your father in law at one of his many speaking engagements… hehe) but so, so thankful for God’s abundant, amazing grace is your twin daughters!!!! :) :) :) Tears bubbling up in my eyes as I read this post and so, excited and thankful.
Crying. Literally crying tears of joy for you. This absolutely made my day. Praying for you and your sweet little ladies.
Praise Him.
Tears at God’s amazing grace sprung to my eyes reading this. You’re speaking of wanting a girl to “round out” your home after losing Felicity, and God gives you two! His grace is more than enough.
I’m 8 weeks pregnant right now – I was just telling Sam yesterday that I think God’s telling me in lots of little ways that we’re going to be having twins. I wonder if this is one more?! My first son, Canaan, was a couple of weeks behind Morrow, so maybe we’ll have twins right behind yours, too. Our first ultrasound is next week… I wonder if they’ll be able to tell!
Congratulations, y’all! Once again you’re a great testimony of God’s grace; now instead of sustaining grace, it’s his abundant and joy-full grace.
Wonderful news. Congratulations, Pipers! Twins are indeed a blessing. :)
another long-time lurker with my first comment on your blog – so profoundly glad to read your news today, weeping tears of joy with you. I have a twin sister too and count her as one of the greatest blessings in my life. Thrilled for you and Abraham and your boys.
Oh, I’m crying. God is so good!!!
PS – I love the “Don’t freakin say Uh-oh.” I KNOW!! If they don’t teach that in ultrasound school, they need to.
TWIN GIRLS!! God is good! I am SO happy for your family!
So excited for you! I also lost my second baby, a daughter. Then proceeded to have two more boys. I know well the ache to have a girl, and no, it is not about replacing one.. but it is about wanting a girl – they are different, delightful, wonderful! Finally right at the end, after being told I could have no more children, I had a girl. Just one – secretly prayed for twins, but just one. She’s a delight! Her brothers adore her – still eight years later!
I told my 13 year old son your news, and he said “Ha! yes!” They still remember the praying for a sister and mourn in their own way the sister they never met.
So happy for you! Can’t wait for pictures of these two in pink!
CONGRATS!!! Double portion! SO happy for you guys!
I also love that you used the word freakin.
Is God amazing OR WHAT????? :) Crying happy tears.
Janet.
i seriously got goose bumps and screamed when i read this. and i don’t even know you personally! very very excited for you all. :)
The Lord is good, and his mercy endures forever!!!!
Congratulations to Molly and Abraham!!! YAY!
Awesome. Isn’t that just like God? “You want another little girl to *hold*? Okay, I’ll give you TWO!” Rob and I will be praying. :)
Thanks be to God forever for his mercy and lovingkindness.
This is so wonderful! When I was reading this I relived my own “uh-oh” moment when my first ultrasound revealed by own Baby A and Baby B. I, too, was on the phone all day. Blessings and peace to you, God is good!
Oh my goodness! Absolutely wonderful – I am thrilled for you guys.
Molly!!!!!!!!!!!! You have me doing cartwheels here!! Thank you, Lord!!!!!!!!!
You brought back so many memories of our first ultrasound with the twins. The doc did the whole thing and then said: “oh no, I need to start over, I found another one”. My husband went white and just dropped. Luckily there was a chair right there. I am beyond thrilled for you guys. I guess that explains the tough first trimester- Twin pregnancies are VERY different from singleton ones. Your heart races much quicker and by the third trimester you think you look normal but people watching you waddle keep asking “Are you sure you’re ok??” because it seems like you’ll topple forward at any moment. I even burnt my belly every time I cooked because I couldn’t quite see all of it!
A tip from me to you: Have a pedicure now while you can still see your feet!! :)
EXCELLENT IDEA!! Let’s go soon, Molly!! I’m desperate for one! Oh, by the way, Molly looks a-mazing right now! Just started looking pregnant yesterday, if you ask me!
Wonderful, wonderful news. And how you must still be missing Felicity. Joy and sorrow all bound up together. . . .
I’ve followed your blog for a long time and have empathized and grieved with you. I am so happy for you! Isn’t it just like God to give beyond (double!) what we could ask or think?! :-) May you always feel His presence, even when grieving your sweet Felicity.
Having had 6 miscarriages myself, my heart skipped when I read the first “uh-oh”. I know exactly what they should NOT say during an ultrasound. I’m SO happy for you. What a wonderful un-oh!! Although, not really, when you think of our God. :)
Hah, seriously! Oy. My heart would have flopped right out onto the floor there ;)
Simply awesome!!!!! Best news I’ve heard all week! So fun!!
And NOW you will be able to buy all those cute girl clothes you blogged about a few weeks ago.
WHATT??? where have I been? and I thought I kept up with the news… CONGRATULATIONS, Mrs. Piper! Absolutely overjoyed for your whole family.
Molly,
Thanks so much for writing about all of your struggles. I follow your dad’s Twitter, which is how I stumbled across his poem for you guys, which nearly broke my heart. We struggled through infertility for several years, and then, miraculously, we got pregnant one day. And then we found out it was twins! We were ecstatic, too. But we miscarried them shortly after, and I still haven’t recovered, even after going on to have a darling daughter. And then, we miraculously got pregnant again with baby #2, when baby #1 was only six months old ;) So I’m due in early September, around the same time you are… but every time someone jokes about Irish twins, or kindly attempts to tell me that God is somehow replacing the twins I lost with these two children, I kind of want to punch them ;) So your dad’s poem hit me like a ton of bricks, and I’m totally crying at my computer right now, but I wanted to thank you for all of your bajillion posts and sharing your grief and your joy as well. I’ll pray for your two little girls, and your energy level- mega-congratulations! :D I wish I could give you a hug, but that would be a little weird coming from a complete stranger ;)
I just started sobbing. Get going to that baby girl aisle, okay?
Tears of Joy for you, dear Molly.
<3, Jane
Excitement beyond words, Molly! JOY JOY JOY. Oh that’s a good name. JOY JOY JOY
oh Amy!! I knew you’d be over the moon about this!
Congratulations to you both! What incredible news and blessings!!!
Oh, wow! Congratulations! And don’t feel guilty for wanting a girl. People want girls or boys for all sorts of reasons and I don’t think there’s anything bad in that.
Before I had children, I wanted one boy. That was it. Of course, my first had to be a girl and by the time she came, that really didn’t matter. Five children later, and even my desire for only one seems sort of strange. :)
Praise God Molly!! :D I’m all tears right now!! :D Congrats to you and Abraham!
I too cried with this news!! Did your doc not pick up two heartbeats with the doppler? Did you have ANY idea there could be two…were you larger than normal? I am 12 wks and just heard our baby for the first time Tues. We’ve lost four to miscarriages.
Wow! I have never been happier to hear about someone else’s ultrasound! (I’m not sure I was as happy at my own ultrasounds – of course we’ve never had TWINS!) How awesome to have twin girls! I was crying to read your happy news… suspecting twins when I read your Facebook teaser – then YES! I just told my mom who is here helping me paint some rooms while Kevin’s out of town and even she burst into tears! What an amazing blessing. Thanks for sharing your fantastic news! Now to email Kevin – he’ll be so happy for you too.
Wow! Wow!!!! I am so happy for you and your family. And I totally agree, you NEVER NEVER say UH OH during an ultrasound!!!! Yowzers.
Congrats! You’re a mom of FIVE now!
AWESOME. Congratulations!
Molly, I’m not a tear-y person but this made me cry. What a God we serve!
BTW, Charlotte is a lovely name, don’t you think? :-)
I am elated!!!!! Praise God who GIVES and takes away….blessed be the name of theLord!
Char
Yay!!!!! Congratulations! God is so good!
Molly and family,
Wonderful news! I am so wanting a little girl these days.
What an awesome blessing!
Brought tears of joy to my eyes. Rejoicing with you. ((hugs))
Praise the Lord, Molly! I so distinctly remember Felicity’s funeral and crying even though Erik and I didn’t know you personally. My heart was broken for you and I marveled at how you smiled at the silent Felicity in your arms in the picture. Your sweet daughter taken so quickly. God taught me about joy in sorrow by your example and then I learned it first hand as our sweet Elias came early and silently into this world eight months later. We said thank you to Jesus for our son just as you had for your daughter. Watching you in your grief prepared us for our grief. Thank you for you testimony… I know it has been hard. We are rejoicing with you as you carry these two sweet girls! Praise the Lord! He gives!
-Anna Schaefer
Just like so many other commenters, I’ve got tears of joy for you! What a blessing for your momma-heart!
Instant tears of joy for a girl I don’t know who has been through so much, and for the reminder that our God cares for us even more than we can comprehend. So thankful for the way He is blessing you and bringing continued healing to your heart over the loss of your sweet Felicity. Congratulations and may God continue to bless you more than you can fathom!!
Oh I am so sincerely happy for you! Congratulations! Such a blessing.
SO happy for you guys! Whoo-hoo! How wonderful, absolutely wonderful!
All I can say is “Wow!” I just want to jump up and down for you guys!!
Tears of joy for you. I sometimes wonder if God has something like that in store for me, a double blessing to help mend the loss.
Eph. 3:20 comes to mind…immeaurably more than you can ask or imagine!!! What a blessing!! Or actaully blessing’s'!!!
Oh Molly, our Lord is so good. Rejoicing with you!!
Oh my word! Such great news. I’m so happy for you! Seriously happy!
I am in tears of joy! Double joy!!! I cannot express how happy I am for you…
love you
dana
Hi, Molly. This is the first time I’ve commented here.
Here’s to praising the gracious Lord with you and your family!
Tears of joy here too . . . Speechless thanks to our God. BTW, you might want to buy TWO little Easter dresses this year when they’re on clearance. :>)
Wow!!! Fantastic News!!!!!!
:o Lots of comments here, but double congrats to you all!!!
I love how you are honest with your feelings and how you don’t try to “Christianize’ them. Praise God for the two little sweeties! I had two sons and I LONGED for a girl. God gave me a daughter for our third and now we are adopting two girls. Yes, there is something special about passing on who we are to daughters. Congrats!
I am so unbelievably happy for you two. You deserve to be very happy and it looks like God is doubly blessing you with daughters!! Woohoo!
Reading this post made me cry! I’m so happy for you guys!! Congratulations :)
Beautiful – perfect – amazing – the Lord!! My mom is so happy for you too, wanted me to pass it along.
Did you have any idea you might be carrying twins.
Oops – that was supposed to have a question mark!
Did you have any idea you might be carrying twins?? :-) like that.
ok congratulations!!!!
I just…um…wow…I can’t find the right…
HOLY CRAP!
Molly!!!! I’m so HAPPY for you. Not one, but TWO sweet little girls. Your heart must be bursting with joy. I am bursting with you! I know Felicity is fore front in your mind right now. She’s a big sister to two little sisters!
AH! I have to go scream now…or cry, not sure which one first…
love you friend,
ebe
I am Marla Taviano”s cousin and read about you through a link that Marla posted on Facebook. I like so many other’s who have read this blog am choking back the cry…. Our God is an AWESOME God!!!!! I will be praying for your family as these changes and preparations take place.
Rich Blessings,
Jonna Atha
I don’t even know you personally (we’re friends of the Johnson’s: Kari, and Eric who now works with Abraham at DG), but I literally did a fist-pump right along with you… Praise God for that wonderful news! We’ll be praying for you all as you prepare to welcome two sweet girls into your home and family. Ya hoo!!!
i have been following your blog the past year or so, but i have never commented. after this post, i just had to. i have never felt this emotional over news about someone i don’t even know. twin girls…what a beautiful experience. wow. thank you for sharing your journey.
I don’t know if you read all of your comments or not. You have a lot. :) I try to follow my certain blogs but we don’t have Internet at home so it’s kinda hard sometimes. Anyway, I was SO excited to read this post. Praise God for his goodness to you in giving you two precious baby girls!!!
Oh, wow! Congratulations on your double blessing!
Wow!!!!!!!!! It’s a goosebump day!!! The coolest thing I’ve seen God do since he answered the prayers of two little girls I know (20+ years ago) who earnestly prayed for a baby brother …. Dad had had a vasectomy … Mom got pregant anyway … and it WAS a boy. Will be praying for an uneventful pregancy (if there is such a thing) and healthy twin GIRLS.
Amazing!! God is so good!! Congratulations!!
crying tears of joy for you. we are thrilled at the Lord’s gracious and beautiful handiwork. so so happy for you!
Molly I’ve read your blog for a while now, (we’ve never met and I feel like your stalker/stranger post was written just for me)- finally I’ve crawled out of my shell to comment. There were instant tears as I read your blog today (with my bewildered husband watching on). Am praising God with you that He has shown his goodness and mercy to you in this way – He knows what he’s doing… Amazing, amazing news…
Rejoicing with you and your family at this wonderful news! Who would have thought just how amazing and gracious of plans God had in store for you!
I’m excited to learn their names when that day comes…Felicity has such a beautiful name!
God bless you and your family and your babies!
I stand in awe at God! (And I might be fighting back the tears. For once, I don’t think it’s because of my pregnancy.) God has blessed you doubly, just like He did with his servant Job.
CONGRATULATIONS MOLLY AND ABRAHAM! “The LORD has done great things for us, and we are filled with JOY!”
Molly,
We hardly know you guys at all, but we’re familiar with Felicity’s story. When my wife and I read this, we wept tears of joy for you both – in the hospital room, where our daughter was just born last night. How amazing!
Molly and Abraham, I have twin girls who are now almost 24. I loved having twins! For me it was exhausting, we were living without running water in a house my husband was building himself in rural Alaska, where we had recenlty moved and knew almost nobody. But we had been trying for a baby for 11 years and happier parents you can not imagine! Such a blessing. I remembered clearly years before just sort of thinking, I wish I would have twins when I have a baby – not even a prayer, but the Lord heard it nonetheless and I remembered that thought when we first found out. Those girls are so wonderful and I love them! They are now young adults, one married, one finsihing up a degree after 6 months doing a missions trip in Uganda. Praise God and blessing to you!
I am laughing and crying with my hands lifted high! What an incredibly great God that He would do this for your family. My heart is full of praise!!!! To God be the glory!!!
Like many of those who’ve commented above, I’ve also never commented until now. As I’m sure you’ve already found out having twins brings people out of the woodwork like you wouldn’t believe, so now I guess I’m one of those people too. My husband and I attend BBC (south site) and I’ve been reading your blog for awhile now. We just had b/g twins five weeks ago today and your news just about brought me to tears. I had to tell you that I couldn’t be happier for you and your family. What an incredible gift you’ve been given! I’ll be praying for a GREAT pregnancy and two healthy little girls! Congrats!
I could not be happier for you guys!
mollyyyyyyyyyyyy i am so happy for you!
Amazing times, amazing God, amazing amount of diapers :)
I am crying…I’m just so happy for you. God is SO good. They’ll never replace Felicity, but TWO precious little girls… I felt much better in my grief when God gave me another girl too. She was due the day after Madison was due. I’m SO happy for you Molly…twins will be so much fun!
Love, Kathryn
WOWZERS!!!!!!!! PRAISE GOD!!!!!!!!!! I am so happy for you all I just can’t stand it!! This is Awesome news!! We have a little girl (2 months old) after 3 boys- she is so much fun! I can’t wait for you to have TWICE the pink and ruffles!! So happy for you all and thankful for God’s grace on your sweet family with these PERFECT gifts from Him!!
Wow! I cried and laughed and shouted for joy for you…and we’ve never even met. :) God is so good! I praise Him with you and Abraham. Amazing!
I cried when I read this, cried when I told my husband about it. Love it. Amazing indeed!
Congratulations! What wonderful news!! :) So, I have never posted a comment before either (seems like this post is prompting a lot of first time commenting!), but I have been reading your blog for a while and even though I don’t “really know” you guys, I love you and your family! :) (Orison and Morrow have brought much joy and laughter to my house!) One of my close friends lost her baby girl to stillbirth last year, and your blog has brought great help and encouragement to us both. Thank you for sharing your heart and your family with us. My heart has hurt deeply along with you many times as you have shared your story and now my heart is filled with joy and my eyes with tears over this exciting news!! God is so amazing! I am amazed and thankful for His loving kindness and His gift of these TWO baby girls for you! I will continue to pray for you and your little girls.
Molly,
I’ve been following your blog (and Abraham’s) for a while now, and I’m long overdue to come out the woodwork and say hi, so what a time for it! All day I’ve been thinking about you and rejoicing in how God is blessing you and your family (doubly!) with these little girls. Hoorah!
Some good friends of ours lost their first son to stillbirth last spring, and I found your blog not long after that, so your story has been a hope and an encouragement to us as we’ve grieved with them – and now they are entering the third trimester of a second pregnancy, so it’s wonderful to celebrate these new children with them and with you.
So, hi! And congratulations! I’ll continue to pray for you and your daughters.
Thea
PS – Teaching little girls how to knit is everything you could hope for: my two-year-old has begun holding my needles for me as I knit, and it melts my heart every time.
What a double blessing! Congratulations!
WOW Molly and Abraham! I laughed and cried when I read this post! While they could never replace Felicity, what a powerful way God has revealed himself in the midst of your fears and pain. As an identical twin myself, I can tell you that there’s nothing more special than to grow up with your best friend/sister and infinitely more amazing when you have a shared love of God. Sisters in life and in Christ. Absolutely THRILLED for your family.
Molly,
What wonderful news! I have been thinking about you and your family ALL day long. I am rejoicing with you. What joy it is to pray for your twin girls. Congratulations.
This week has been very difficult on this end so when I read father Piper’s poem I had to rush over to these pages to check out the news. It brought tears of joy to my eyes. Though I have never broken bread with you two Pipers there is a kind connection given by our Lord. I watch from a distance yet I can still feel the warmth.
I just stumbled on your blog this week–which is funny, because I just met you at Hope this past Sunday. I’ve been ravenously reading your blog and weeping through the whole thing. Although I had two miscarriages before I ever held my sweet baby, I can’t begin to imagine the pain you’ve experienced.
Today’s post gave me goosebumps as I wept with joy. Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think!
I wonder how many of us had combination laughing/sobbing/crying fits on reading this? I bounced over from the poem at Desiring God (you’re further down on my reader); what an amazing God.
Do either of you have twins in your background?
Dear Abraham and Molly,
Congratulations on Twin A and Twin B! What wonderful news! Molly, I have never met you but I have followed your journey from a distance, frequenting your blog. Abraham, I remember talking through my fears of Calvinism with you in Tim & Aimee Skinner’s apartment more than a decade ago (and I am now more reformed than ever btw). We love your family!!!!! This post made me weep again for your loss and mourning. And, caused me to rejoice with tears of joy at the same time b/c of the goodness of God. AMAZING!!!! Praise the Lord. We will eagerly await the twins arrival and will keep you in our prayers when the Lord reminds us! Blessings to you all.
Praise God!! Yay!
Congratulations to the two of you! All my best as you celebrate. What precious treasures they will be. God is good, isn’t he?
Congratulations! God is so good!
Get. Out. Of. Here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WHEEEEE!
Praise God. I am almost in tears for you. What an amazing blessing from the Lord.
Molly,
I was filled with joy when I read it–first 22 Words came through, so I had a headstart on your post.
I am so so so happy for you.
I had my ultrasound about three weeks ago and found out I’m having a girl as well. I have three sons (10,8,3) and had lost two children in pregnancy in between my last two sons. I have longed for a girl for a long time and was in tears when the ultrasound tech said, “it’s a little girl.” It’s definitely restorative joy and my love for this little girl has caused much healing.
My heart leaps for you. Praise God for this abundant blessing! I am so happy for you and your entire family.
love,
Katrina
Dear Molly and Abraham,
My doctor didn’t say uh-oh, he said I have good news and I have more good news! Congradulations to the both of you and to your entire family. Babies are always a blessing and when they come in pairs it is of course, a double blessing. My twin daughters are 11 now and I have such wonderful memories of when they were babies and even when I felt exhausted, it was still so wonderful. I asked God for just one baby, He gave me two.
He is good.
Oh by the way, when I had one of many ultrasounds, the tech put across the top of the picture. “two heads are better than one”. :)
OH MY GOODNESS!!!! I am crying joyful tears for you guys! We have twin boys and they are such a blessings. Twins are so much fun – get ready for a ride!
Amazing, amazing news Molly. I literally got chill bumps reading your post tonight and then tears of joy fell. No, these two little girls will never replace Felicity and all that you lost with her but they will help heal your heart just a little bit. What a precious gift. I went through many of the same emotions prior to finding out the sex of our little girl after we lost Gavin. I had longed for a baby girl for so long and of course had three boys with Gavin being the third. I had such guilt when I thought about how I was momentarily disappointed when I found out he was a boy, and then we lost him when he was just 26 days old. Then when we found out Emerson was a girl, it was like I wanted to go back to being the mom of just boys and at the same instant complete joy that she was a girl! Cherish this blessing, take care of yourself and these little girls. When are you due??
Blessings,
Amanda
Forever missing Gavin 4/7-5/3/08
“And so they shall inherit a double portion in the land, and their joy shall be complete”. Joining you in praise to a faithful God!
Congratulations, Molly!!! I just had twin boys in November. The pregnancy was very different from that of just one (I also have 3 singles). It has been wonderful having twins! I wouldn’t trade it for anything!
Ashley
That’s glorious. What a sweet experience of God’s goodness and grace…bless you both.
Ryan in NZ
This is just almost like a perfect day. I am tickled for you guys!!
Wow, congrats! I was curious, did you ever think there might be two in there?
Praising God with you guys!!
I also wanted to add that I think it is so awesome that after your previous blog about girls clothes, it is like God put up a big sign in the girls department saying, “You DEFINITELY belong here!!”
I’ve never met you, but just wanted to say CONGRATULATIONS!! I’ve been following your blog for some time through a friends suggestion and am so happy for you I’m crying! ;-) The Lord certainly does bless doesn’t he?!?
tears of joy! rejoicing with you!
Molly~
I am so totally excited for you!! I praised the Lord and cried and laughed and blubbered your news to my husband after I read this post–and I’ve never met you in person! I connected with you last year after I lost a baby to stillbirth. Your heartfelt words about Felicity have always blessed me. And guess what? I have a twin sister. :) We are in our third decade of being together, and I wouldn’t trade a second of it. Your girls will share a bond like nothing you’ve ever seen. The SIX of you will be in my prayers!!
Just coming back to say I’ve been thinking about you guys all day. SO, SO, SO STINKIN’ EXCITED!!!!
Wow. just wow. So amazingly awesome. Congrats!
Wow. The only one that could do something like this is our God. That is incredible. Words cannot really express what is going on inside me right now…I just keep thinking about the awesomeness of God and how he cares and restores intimately with his children. Every time I would read your blog regarding Felicity I could just feel your grief through your words. I thought you had (and still do) such courage to go through something like that. I really admire you and others that go through these types of trials. I have been following your story and Matt Chandlers’ and its doing something to me, something to my faith. God is working in this for me and others as well, I’m sure of it.
When I read this just now, I was sitting in bed and had to get up and go into the kitchen and just sit there for a minute and wrap my head around this…incredible. Incredible. Incredible. God is credible.
Wow. It seems like God’s outdone Himself again! You wanted a girl, and God says, “You know what? I’ll give you even MORE than what you’re asking for. Just wait and see…”
It took me a while, but I found this Scripture, in which God gives us even GREATER things that what we dare ask for – Isaiah 60:17
“Instead of bronze I will bring you gold,
and silver in place of iron.
Instead of wood I will bring you bronze,
and iron in place of stones.”
How good is God to give us all things, even more than what we ask for, and fill us to overflowing abundance?
Praise God! Like many others, I have been following your blog for awhile but have never commented. I am thrilled for you to have two daughters after the journey of loss and grief with Felicity’s life. Children are a blessing – and what great news for you and your family, immediate and extended! :)
Words cannot express my happiness for you!
Congrats. We are super excited for you guys! God is good.
I’ve had a pretty good day, all in all, but this totally made me filled with joy. Odd, I know, since you don’t know me, but I’ve prayed for you since you and Abraham lost Felicity and am just so overjoyed with appreciation to our great God who has seen fit to show His goodness in this way. What lavish love! Will be praying for both girls…and both boys as they get ready for a BIG adjustment. :)
This is amazing!!! I don’t know you at all but I’ve followed your blog for a while and I had to hold in a sob when I read this at work! Truly God is amazingly awesome and good!
oh molly… abraham… you dont know me, but im so happy for you; i’m crying with joy.
Tears ran down my eyes as i read the news after receiving your tweet. So excited for you guys. God has restored. Praying for those precious two girls and those precious two boys who won’t know what hit ‘em. I remember how my husband and I felt when we heard we were having twins after our first pregnancy ended sooner than we had hoped. What wonderful news, Molly. Hugs, Lexie
Deliriously happy for you.
Double the JOY! (Imagine that!)
GodGod IsIs GoodGood! <3 <3
Like many others, you too don’t know me, but I am rejoicing with your whole excited family!!! What incredible blessing from our incredible God!! Many, many rich blessings in this pregnancy!
What kind God we serve! He is giving you a generous compliment. Twins are an amazing blessing…we have 2 sets! When our older girls were 9 months old, I prayed for a second set, and about 2 years later they were born, again girls. Our son will be a very good husband someday! I will be praying for your pregnancy.
My best advise is to let someone else fold your underwear (or at least your t-shirts) ;).
Many, many, many congratulations to you all!
Hi Molly! I am so so excited for you and Abraham! I don’t know if I have ever commented here before, but I cannot pass this one up! A similar thing happened with us… we lost our second baby (at 12 weeks gestation), and then got pregnant about a year later. when we went in for our first ultra sound, I laid on the u/s table and prayed prayed prayed that there would be a heartbeat, mentally preparing myself for unwanted news… I immediately saw two sacs, but all I wanted to hear was that there was cardiac activity… and surprise… two babies… both GIRLS too! wow, what a thrill it was… I also laughed as you did… my husband was so stoked! the girls are now nearly 7 months old, born at 38 weeks, 2 days… the Lord is so faithful… we continually rejoice at His blessing over our family! I will be praying for you sweet sister, and your baby girls! I am smiling sooo happily right now! :)
Molly,
I’m so blessed by the way our loving Heavenly Father is blessing you and your family! Last year I thought I was losing my second of four pregnancies and instead found out I was pregnant with twin boys. God is truly gracious! He gives strength you never could imagine and teaches reliance more completely than you could ever have learned through twin pregnancy, birth and afterward. Congratulations! And, the best advice that I received at the beginning of my twin pregnancy was to take 20 minutes to lie down three times per day. It sounded overwhelming with two little ones already in tow but it helped me not have to ever go on bedrest and deliver two full term, healthy twin boys (of normal weight). So, get a basket of activities to do with your kids by the couch and take your three rests! Be willing to allow others to earn treasure in heaven by asking for help when you need it!
congrats, molly and abraham! i am so excited for you. when i first read you were pregnant, i selfishly prayed it was a girl. i laughed and cried and read your post to my husband. and my first thought was, “boy, was john piper wrong!”, b/c i remembered that tweet. mother of five, two in the womb! what an incredible blessing. praying for you … :)
My own hubby and I sat through our first ultrasound to find not one but two. I understand completely what the feeling is like, “Me?”, “Two babies?”, “I never dreamed such a dream”. We waited four years for a baby and got two. I hope that once the fog drifts away you are as incredibly blessed as we have been with our double blessings from the hand of God. They are 16 now and we have always believed God was immensely purposeful and abundantly gracious to us for these ones, plus the two that have come after.
Molly,
I was so blessed to hear your news this morning. My husband and I follow yours and your husband’s blogs, we also follow all the Piper family twitter activity. Okay, okay, we’re the Piper family stalkers. :)
I’ve been crying off and on all day since my husband sent me a text with the big news. I had to call my Mom and tell her, like it was me or something! Then I had to call my sister, my good friend and text another good friend. I felt like a total weirdo, but I am just SO EXCITED!!!
No child can ever be replaced, but I pray that having 2 girls to do the “girly” things with will somehow make your memories of Felicity less painful, more real and more complete. So glad that you can stop longing to shop in the girls section now. I’m sure you’ll soon be up to your ears in pink!!
Seriously, so happy for you Molly, my “imaginary” friend. :) I’ve already started thinking of what to knit for your little girls. Tell Abraham to get ready for the avalanche of pink that is about to hit your house.
What an amazing God we serve!
AAAAHHHH!! I’d scream but it’s 1 in the morning and my kiddos (and hubby!) would not be happy. I am SO SO SO thrilled for y’all my heart could burst open at the seams!!!! AHHHHH!!! :D :D :D *congratulations!!!*
Holy God. :)
I am so in awe of His goodness to you tonight. Praise Him, praise Him, praise Him!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Praise God! Soooo ridiculously happy for you. I read the first part of the poem that you’re father-in-law wrote, and my heart dropped, and I immediately came to your blog, but now after finishing the poem it makes since :)
Praise the Lord for this wonderful news!
Molly, my immediate response to this post was to clasp my hands over my mouth and the tears just started to fall, as I proclaimed praise to God. I have absolutely NO words to express how happy I am for you all!!!!!!!!!! OH PRAISE PRAISE PRAISE THE LORD!!!!!! PRAISE THE LORD!!!! PRAISE THE LORD!!!! PRAISE THE LORD!!!! I just CAN’T STOP!!! Congratulations a thousand times over. Will DEFINITELY be praying for you and this pregnancy. It makes me so happy to just picture God knowing the happy surpise He had in store for you and your family!!!! Isn’t He just AWESOME?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
Ok, now I just read your husband’s response to the news and I’m crying even more!!! LOL
I am a long-time friend of Abraham’s aunt Christa who told me about your blog. I have been following along for some time but never commented. I could no longer lurk in the background! This is simply awesome news! I could visualize Abraham punching the air with his fist and punctuating the announcement with his exclamation – “YEAH!” Your laughter filled my heart with excitement for you! Congratulations to you all!
Holy cow!!! I’m thrilled for you! The Lord is so kind!
Congratulations! What wonderful news!! God is so good!
CONGRATS! I love how we all feel such a connection with your excitement even tho most of us have probably never met you. Thanks for sharing your heart’s journey with Felicity and now this special joy.
Just popping over from Marlas to say Congratulations! Enjoy every moment with your baby girls. There is nothing sweeter.
Wow, this is enough to bring me out of “lurker” status! I’m so excited, so overwhelmed by God’s blessing and amazed that I wish we were friends and I wish I could give you a hug!
No tear is EVER wasted. Not ever. And loss is not ALWAYS followed by joy. But wow. Today, this is sheer joy. Amazing, incredible, overwhelming blessing that has come on the heels of fought for faith. I am so happy for you all.
Brought tears to my eyes. What a huge testimony of what a good God we serve. Praise the Lord!
I have been a “stalker” after reading Abraham’s poem about Felicity’s first Easter with the Lord (words that left me weeping). Hiding in the shadows I have grieved reading about your sweet daughter, and how I cannot fathom walking in your shoes. It even forced me examine my own trust in God’s goodness and mercy. I spent my pregnancy with #4 (who is now a precious 1 year, praise God!) savoring the time with my baby girl as I was no longer naive about the miracle. I just wanted to thank you for sharing these very intimate moments of your life story that God is writing for you. I don’t know you, will probably never meet you on this earth, but I am so overwhelmed by this beautiful blessing of twin GIRLS! Who is like our God? El Roi the God who sees me, Jehovah Jireh the Lord will provide, El Shaddai God all sufficient, El Elyon the most high God, Immanuel God with us!
Molly, you don’t know me, but my name is patty and i’ve been following your blog for a few months now. i think i found you through a friend”s blog. anyway, i have so enjoyed hearing about your life and especially this precious journey through pregnancy. how sweet of God to not only fulfil your heart’s desire and give you one baby girl, but He chose to give you 2!!! it reminds me of the truth found in ephesians 3:20 ~ Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory…” He is able to do so much more than we can even begin to dream or imagine. he knows your heart and knows the greif you bear over losing felicity….now he’s giving you 2 babies. we truly serve an amazing God. i cried when i read this post and rejoice with you!!!
~patty r.
Congratulations! It is interesting, your story, as I have a young son that too is in “rebellion” of his Lord (as your husband was, read that blog this morning also) and also another twist is that his fiance(girlfriend) is pregnant with, yes, twins. Boy and a girl due in a little over a month. Feel God is speaking to my heart. Keep on sharing, you never know how many people you touch.
Thanks
Praise God from whom ALL blessings flow! Great is His faithfulness.
I am praising God for you and with you. Praying that those precious girls would flourish in your womb and be brought forth at God’s appointed time.
Eph 3:20-21 Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think,according to the power at work within us,to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
Wow! Congratulations. God is so much more faithful than we can imagine.
Another “stranger” here… This is awesome news – congratulations Piper Family!!! I also cried tears of joy while reading this post. God is good!
I was blown away when I heard the great news from Debby! So happy to hear how the Lord has moved in your life
Perhaps you’ll have similar parenting joys as we have – Our boys were 4 and 2 when our infant twins came home. If you ever want to swap crowd-control tactics, let me know. :)
Congrats Piper family!!! What wonderful news-kids are such a blessing.
I’m so amazed by God’s goodness and His provision! Congratulations to you and the whole family!
Oh, Molly, I know we don’t know each other, really, but I am beyond excited for you all…congratulations!!!!!!!
OMIGOSH! Congratulations and wow! And God Bless you! And wow!
Busy day at work and I just opened the DG Blog in my email. Read your father-in-law’s “Poem for Molly and Abraham After the Ultrasound” and gasped when I understood the implications… Tears welled up as I quickly clicked on over to your blog and read the AMAZING news. Shared a nutshell version with a co-worker and made her cry too! So happy, so excited, so in awe of our Great God!
wow…
Hi, You don’t know me but I somehow came across your blog from reading John Piper’s updates on my favorite website(Desiring God) a while ago and I read about your loss.. it affected me so much even though I’ve never met you. and today I look on the Let the nations be Glad post and see that Noel is going to be a grandmother of twins and my heart leaped … could it be the same person? and once again I came across your site to find out who’s having the twins and was utterly moved by your post. I cannot begin to express the joy I feel for complete strangers.. but family members in Christ nonetheless. :) Tears of Joy! thank you for sharing this. God is always doing a million things when we only see one thing and the end result is just Marvelous!
May He richly bless you and your ever-growing family all for His name’s sake!
Congratulations! This post and Abraham’s must be the longest reply thread you have ever had. Such amazing and wonderful news. GOD BLESS..I will be praying!
I love this. I love this, I love this. I cracked up laughing at Abraham’s response.
Rejoicing and praying with you. :)
I actually cried with happiness! God is so amazing!! I am SO thrilled for you and your family!!
So happy for you!! Rejoicing with you.
Tears of joy. God is so good. Congratulations.
Ok, so… I haven’t seen your blog for some months now. And something prompts me to look at it today. And I come and I see this and all I can think of is: “how can anybody say that the Lord is not real?”.. I MEAN…. my goodness!! He is a precious God. How kind of Him! How amazingly loving my dear Molly. Know that I’m rejoicing with tears of happyness. Give a huge hug to Abraham and the boys for me! Praise the Lord!!!!!!
G’day from an American living in Christchurch, New Zealand. Ok…so I’m not sure who you are…I’ll check the website in a sec….but am laughing and crying tears of joy for you!!!! Blessings and hugs and love to you! Laurie Stringer
praise the LORD! What an AMAZING gift Molly & Abraham!!!
We had our twin girls 5 years ago this month. I vividly remember the “uh oh” ultrasound moment.
We giggled for 45 minutes. Then we said, “wow” and giggled some more.
Nothing more special than twin daughters/sisters.
I am so excited for you…..Thrilled …
I have 2 GREAT GIVEAWAYS that I will draw for on Sunday night…so hope you will stop by…..
Teresa
http://teresa-grammygirlfriend.blogspot.com/
Oh my word! I have been catching up on blogs this morning (I am SO behind) and read Noel’s psot first and was thinking “are you kidding me?”
Did you know Dennis Rainey’s daughter (Rebecca) is having twins (due in a couple weeks) after losing 2 babies? (1 full term and 1 at I think 14-16 weeks) Though I know nothing replaces a lost child, it is so amazing God’s faithfulness and the way He surprises us.
you may totally know her through the blog world, but her blog is
http://rebeccacooks.blogspot.com/
She and her mom wrote a book about her little girl Molly.
I just thought it was amazing that both of you have similar stories and are pregnant with twins now!
So excited for you! Congratulations! Glad that JohnnyP didn’t spill this one for you on twitter! HA!
Amazing news, praise God! Tears of great joy here for you and the family! Exciting days ahead! Yours by divine mercy, db
Heard about your blog through Marla Taviano. Congrats!!!!
So precious and so happy for you and your family! God is so good and I am so thankful that we can read things like this on blogs! That we can be encouraged in our faith even though we don’t know each other and live hundreds of miles away.
OH MY GOSH!!!! That is so awesome, fantastic news!!!!
My husband and I are incredibly excited for you guys! What a beautiful story God is writing on your lives. We will pray for you.
Wow, what a beautiful miracle and even more precious because it was your heart’s desire…and then some. :) I rejoice with you and your family.
Kindest regards,
Brook
I am so happy for your family. Happy tears! Yay God!
Congraulations. My heart felt like it stopped when I first read “uh-oh”, Glad it was a happy surprise!
My sister-in-law linked this post to my Facebook. Today is my daughter’s 3rd birthday in Heaven. I wrote to you just after Felicity died.
congratulations! :) amazing…
Molly and Abraham — I first learned of your sight and read the post when John Piper put it up a few months ago, announcing your pregnancy. I grieved with you as I read of your loss, and rejoiced over the new little one on the way.
I just read Noel’s post for Mar. 19 – the first I have looked at in days, and just chose one to open!! I just read about your twins, and I have tears of joy for you, as many others have already mentioned. Praise THE LORD!!!! We will be praying for you as things progress.
I also want to say that I found your posts on How to Help a Grieving Friend so helpful, and will be sharing them with our church family, and with friends who have had severe grief in the past few years. I’m sure it will bless many, as it already has.
GOD ALMIGHTY bless you and keep you; GOD ALMIGHTY make His face shine upon you, and be gracious unto you; GOD ALMIGHTY lift up His countenance upon you, and give you His PEACE that passes understanding, and His JOY that gives you strength, and a sense of His PRESENCE and LOVE moment by moment, today, and in all the days ahead of you.
This is the first time I have read your blog but I can’t move on without yelling with joy CONGRATULATIONS!! I just absolutely love that God SO CARES about every single desire we have.
Praise God!
Molly, CONGRATS! I read your post today because of a friend who had posted about it….HOW AWESOME! I can completely relate to your excitement! We have one year old twins (they turned one February 23). Reading your post brought back the awesome feelings I had when I first found out there were TWO! Many blessings to you and your growing family. May God bless this pregnancy! Erin from Iowa
So happy!!!
What an amazing gift! Praising God who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine. . .
Molly and Abraham,
Joy and joy again. Twin girls. (you should name them Joy and Joy again!) just kidding.
Rolfe and I too, know the hole left in our family, by an early departure of a beloved child. (not as full term as yours but precious just the same. Our son would have greatly changed the dynamics of our 3 in a row boys to four and Joseph would have had a brother to be closer with…
we trust God for His love and sovereignty)
praying for a great pregnancy
Janine Henry– Hope to meet you someday Molly
Oh my goodness Molly! I have been in the process of moving and without internet for awhile and I MISSED this glorious announcement! I’m so thrilled that you will have 2 darling daughters sometime this summer!!! It is my joy to pray over your health and theirs – I still can’t believe I MISSED this post!
Congratulations! God’s timing and perfection are truly a wonder to see!!
With much love!
Laura
I have been quite moved by the story of your sweet Felicity this weekend. It has brought me to tears many times thinking of the journey you have been on the past few years. My heart is rejoicing with you now as you get ready to greet these baby girls. I am so happy for you! I will be praying for you as I continue to rejoice with you.
WOOOOW! I just came back to your blog! Your having twin girls!!!!!!!! That is amazing! God is full of love!!! Congratulations!
Nicoleta
thank you so much for posting this. i lost my daughter this summer and i’m pregnant again now, and no one (except the wonderful friend who directed me to your blog) seems to understand that i want another girl because i still want a daughter, not because i think i can replace the one i lost. i would have sworn you were inside my head because the thoughts you posted here are exactly the same as mine, right down to wanting to teach a daughter to knit!
God bless you & your family, i’m so happy for you!
I was just collecting some information about my upcoming Baby i found the new one thing in the shape of 3d ultrasounds it’s amazing and really awesome now i can see a preview of my upcoming new born in clarity it’s a miracle and have a really New experience for me……..
dont worry iv been tho the same thing, we had a baby girl named Lilly and she died when she was born, we cryed for ever and she said she never wanted anouther baby so she never had to feel this way agian, well 7 days ago, our 2nd baby was born! anouther little girl her name Navah and shes wonderful! hope u have a great life with ur babies!!